Dearest Mia,In a few weeks you'll have your fourth birthday. How time has flown! You have left behind a lot of baby things this year and are quickly becoming a "little kid." Here are some fun facts about you at four:
- You are starting to read, and you've been practicing writing a lot at Nana's house. You can write a few words pretty well, including your name, and you are always asking us how to spell a word.
- You've branched out from Dora the Explorer ;-). Your new favorites are the lovely Kipper and Blue's Clues.
- You've been playing "mommy" a lot more lately. Your baby's name is Freddy, and oddly enough, she gets in trouble for many of the same things that you do. :-)
- Your vocabulary in English has grown considerably; you love to sound out words. You've also started speaking a little "Spanglish."
- You saw your first movie in the theater this year, Disney's "Tangled." When they first dimmed the lights you were a little scared, but once the movie started you thoroughly enjoyed it. Canela the bear came with us for moral support, of course.
- You've been trying out the "Jedi mind trick" lately when we give you a warning about your behavior. For example: "Mia, if you don't put on your pajamas now, I will take away one book at bedtime." And to that you say very calmly, in a matter-of-fact tone, "No, you won't." (It's very hard for us to keep a straight face after that!)
- You are a big fan of group hugs.
- You went on your first roller coaster a few weeks ago. We had to wait in line a little while, and you were jumping up and down yelling "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!"
- We went camping for the first time as a family a few weeks ago, and you absolutely loved it. You were obsessed with roasting marsmallows!
- Recently, you've started asking for a sibling (gulp) to which we say "What about Canela and Freddy?!"
